Telephone call attachment.



PATENTED MAR. 29, 1904.

J. J. NYE. TELEPHONE GALL ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION HLED MAR. 31. 1903.

No MODEL.

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Jawa, J fye/ PA'TENTED MAR. 29, T904.r

, J. J. NYE. TELEPHONE GALL ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 31. 1903.

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Qvil'nemca UNITED STATES Patented March 29, 1904.

PATENT OEETCE.

TELEPHONE CALL ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 756,183, dated March29, 1904.

Application iied March 3l, 1903.

.T0 all wwwt it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AsoN J. NYE, a citizen of' the United States,residing at Brookfield, in the county of Orange and State of Vermont,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Telephone CallAttachments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to the type of attachments for use inconnection with a telephone whereby the sound of' the call-bell may betransmitted to a distant room or rooms, thereby obviating the necessityfor sending a special messenger from the oflice to a distant room toapprise a guest that some one wishes to converse with him at thetelephone.

The invention consists, essentially, of the novel features and detailsof construction which hereinafter will be more particularly set forth,illustrated, and finally claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of' thespecification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of' a telephone embodyingthe invention. Fig. 2 is a front view of the transmitter having theinvention in place. Fig. 3 is a rear view of the bonnet. Fig. 4. isvertical central section of the bonnet and tapering connection.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The telephone is indicated at l and may be of any make. The attachmentcomprises, essentially, a drum or bonnet 2, flaring toward its rear orattaching end and provided with an outer flange 3, pierced at intervalsto receive the fastenings by means of' which it is attached to thetransmitter or 'other portion of the telephone, so as to extend over thebell and collect the sound for transmission to the required room orpoint connected by tube or pipe with said bonnet. The outer end of thebonnet or drum is open, as shown at fi, to permit the sound of the bell.to escape into the room in which the telephone is located, so as SerialNo. 150,438. (No model.)

to attract attention. An opening is formed in the upper side of thebonnet, and a flaring connection 5 is pivoted thereto and is adapted tohave the pipe 6 coupled thereto for conveying the sound to the distantroom or apartment, as indicated at 7 A closure 8 is provided for theopen end of the pipe or tube to enable the sound to be cut off when theroom is not occupied. A branch pipe or tube 9 eX- tends from pipe 6 andmay run in any direction and communicate with a room or apartment, as10, for conveying the sound thereto when the bell of the telephone isrung.

The drum or bonnet may be `connected by tubing With any number of roomsor apartments, each receiving the sound when the bell of the telephoneis rung, and a clerk may communicate with the desired party by speakinginto the bonnet, thereby enabling the party called to be placed in quickcommunication with the party calling.

In order that the guest may converse with the party calling at the phoneWithout leaving his room, the tube is provided with a branch 12, towhich the receiver is fitted, and a flexible tube 13 is connected withthe tube leading into the room to be placed against the ear of theguest.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new isv Incombination with a telephone, a flaring bonnet fitted over the bellthereof and having an opening in its outer end, a flaring connectionapplied to a side of the bonnet, a tube coupled to said iiaringconnection, and a second tube branching from the main tube and leadingto a diiIerent point, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAsoN J. NYE.

Witnesses:

CLARENCE W. CLARK, LOUISE M. BIeELow.

